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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 



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In re application of: 

Bernd RIEDL et al. 

Serial No.: TO BE ASSIGNED 

Filed: November 27, 2001 



ON 

vo ~~ . 



Group Art Unit: TO BE ASSIGNED 
Examiner: TO BE ASSIGNED 



For: gj-CARBOXYARYL SUBSTITUTED DIPHENYL UREAS AS RAF 
KINASE INHIBITORS 

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT 

Assistant Commissioner for Patents 
Washington, D.C. 20231 

Sir: 

Copies of the references listed on the attached 1449 forms can be found in the file for 
application Serial No. 09/722,418, filed November 28, 2000, which was converted to a 
provisional application on November 27, 2001. Copies of these documents will be hand 
carried to the Examiner if necessary for consideration of these references. The Examiner is 
encouraged to contact the undersigned if any copies are needed. 

Respectfully submitted, 





I J. Traverso (Reg. No. 30,595) 
Attorneys for Applicants 

MTLLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANEGAN, P.C. 

Arlington Courthouse Plaza I 

2200 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1400 

Arlington, Virginia 22201 

Direct Dial: (703) 812-5310 

E-mail address: traverso@mwzb.com 



Filed: November 27. 2001 



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Bernd RffiDL 




FILING DATE 


GROUP 


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U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 



Examiner 
Initial 


Document 
Number 


Date 


Name 


Class 


Subclass 


Filing Date 




A A 

AA 


3,823,161 


01109114 


Lesser 










A15 


5,130,331 


07/14/92 


Pascual 






H ssssss 
"■■>. = 




AC 


4,808,588 


02/28/89 


King 






ui*^> ■ = 




A T"\ 

AJJ 


3,424,760 


01/28/69 


Helsley et al. 






ul < — > == 




AH/ 


3,424,761 


01/28/69 


Helsley et al. 






^*J\ , z 

-t - 




A TJ" 

Ar 


3,424,762 


01/28/69 


Helsley et al. 






oo 




ACr 


4,071,524 


01/31/78 


Banitt 










A TT 

AH 


4,111,683 


09/05/78 


Singer 










A T 

Al 


4,437,878 


03/20/78 


Acker et al. 










AJ 


4,643,849 


02/17/87 


Hirai et al. 










a ¥y 

AK 


5,773,459 


06/30/98 


Tang et al. 










A ¥ 

AL 


5,508,288 


04/16/96 


Forbes et al. 










AM 


4,062,861 


12/13/77 


Yukinaga et al. 










A XT 


4,111,680 


09/05/78 


Yukinaga et al. 










A /~V 

AO 


4,116,671 


09/26/78 


Yukinaga et al. 










A I> 


4,212,981 


07/15/80 


Yukinaga et al. 










Ay 


5,162,360 


11/10/92 


Creswell et al. 










AR 


4,514,571 


04/30/85 


Nakai et al. 










AS 


3,754,887 


08/28/73 


Brantley 










AT 


3,646,059 


02/29/72 


Brantley 










AU 


5,696,138 


12/9/97 


Olesen et al. 










AV 


5,780,483 


7/14/98 


Widdowson et al. 










AW 


4,405,644 


9/20/83 


Kabbe et al. 










AX 


4,473,579 


9/25/84 


Devries et al. 










AY 


4,526,997 


7/2/85 


O'Doherty et al. 










AZ 


4,468,380 


8/28/84 


O'Doherty et al. 










BA 


4,623,662 


11/18/86 


De Vries 










BB 


4,985,449 


1/15/91 


Haga et al. 










BC 


5,312,820 


5/17/94 


Ashton et al. 










BD 


4,410,697 


10/18/83 


Torok et al. 










BE 


4,001,256 


1/4/97 


Callahan et al. 










BF 


5,399,566 


3/21/95 


Katano et al. 










BG 


5,500,424 


3/19/96 


Nagamine et al. 









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Sheet 2 of 5 





BH 


5,597,719 


1/28/97 


Freed et al. 










BI 


4,183,854 


1/80 ' 


Crossley 










BJ 


3,828,001 


8/74 


Broad et al. 










BK 


4,740,520 


4/88 


Hallenbach et al. 










BL 


5,319,099 


6/7/94 


Kamata et al. 








FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 


Examiner 
Initial 


Document 
Number 


Date 


Country 


Class 


Subclass 


Translation 




No 




BM 


EP 
335156 . 


Uj/ 1 1/07 


IZ/LuOpCtlll 








Y 
A 




BN 


EP 
459887 


05/28/91 


European 








Y 
A 




x>v/ 


EP 

371876 


11/28/89 


European 








X 




BP 


C\ 1 /I A A C O 

93/24458 


12/9/93 


WO 






X 








2,146,707 


10/12/95 


Canada 






X I 






BR 


96/40673 


12/19/96 


11 T/~~\ 

WO 






X 






BS 


94/14801 


07/07/94 


WO 






X 






BT 


94/25012 


11/10/94 


wo 






Y 

A 






BU 


i con »7n 


UO/ lu/Ol 








X 






BV 


93/18028 


09/16/93 


WO 






X 






BW 


94/18170 


08/18/94 


wo 






X 






BX 


DE 

^nSR^fi A 1 
jjUjoDO r\l 


02/19/83 


Germany 








X 




BY 


yj/uzjy i 


ui/zo/yj 


wo 

VV w 






Y 

A 






BZ 


qs/1 if\&i 
yj/ louo / 




WO 






Y 

A 






CA 






wo 






A 






CB 






wo 






A 






CC 


96/40675 


iz/ iy/yo 


wo 






A 






CD 


JP53 
086033 


7/29/78 


Japan 












CE 


JP51 

063170 


1/6/76 


Japan 












CF 


97/49400 


12/31/97 


WO 












CG 


97/49399 


12/31/97 


WO 












CH 


96/40673 


12/19/96 


WO 












CI 


99/00357 


1/7/99 


WO 












CJ 


97/45400 


12/4/97 


WO 












CK 


96/02112 


3/8/90 


WO 












CL 


99/00370 


1/7/99 


WO 












CM 


97/29743 


8/21/97 


WO 












CN 


98/22432 


5/28/98 


WO 












CO 


96/25157 
Al 


8/22/96 


WO 












CP 


97/40028 
Al 


10/30/97 


WO 











Sheet 3 of 5 



OTHER DOCUMENTS (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, Etc.) 





CO 


Dumas, J., "CAS Substructure," May 6, 1997, pages 1-29. 




CR 


Scott, Bill, "Substructure (Patent Families)," August 1 1, 1997, pages 1-19. 




cs 


Scott, Bill, "Substructure #2," November 25, 1997, pages 1-3. 




CT 


"Beilstein number" Collection, 28 pages. 




CU 


"Beilstein Collection," 4 pages. 




CV 


Scott, Bill, "Substructure Search," December 2, 1997, pages 1-51. 




CX 


Substructure Search, pages 1-30. 




CY 


Derwent World Patents Index Search, pages 20-26. 




CZ 


Abstract of EP 116,932 




DA 


Abstract of EP 676,395 




TITO 


A Upfront A f PIP OCY1 ^^52 




DC 


Abstract of EP 16,371 




DD 


Avruch et al., "Raf meets Ras: completing the framework of a signal transduction 
pathway", TIBS 19; July 1994; pp. 279-2823. 




DE 


White, A. D., et al., "Heterocyclic Ureas: Inhibitors of Acyl-Co A: Cholesterol O- 
Acyltransferase as Hypochelesterolemic Agents," June 6, 1996, pages 4382-95. 




DF 


Audia, James E., et al., "Potent, Selective Tetraphdro-B-carboline Antagonists of the 
Serotonin 2B (5HT 2B ) Contractile Receptor in the Rat Stomach Fundus"' January 22, 1996, 

_„ „_ Oft 

pages Li /j-ou. 




DG 


Forbes, Ian T. , "N-( 1 -Methyl-5-indolyl)-N'-(3-methyl-5-isothiazolyl)urea: A Novel, High- 
Affinity 5-HT 2B Receptor Antagonist," March 17, 1995, pages 855-57. 




DH 


Boulton, A. J., et al., "Heterocyclic Rearrangements. Part X. 1 A Generalised Monocyclic 
Rearrangement," 1967, 2005-07. 




DI 


N. S. Magnuson, et al., 'The Raf-1 serine/threonine protein kinase," Cancer Biology, vol. 5, 
1994, pages 247-253. 




DJ 


G. Daum, et al., The ins and outs of Raf Kinases,:" TIBS 19, November 1994, pages 474- 
on 

oU. ■ 




DK 


W. Kolch, et al., "Raf-1 protein kinase is required for growth of induced NIH/3T3 cells," 
Letters to Nature, vol. 349, January 31, 1991, page 226-28. 




DL 


M. Fridman. et al., "The Minimal Fragments of c-Raf-1 and NF1 That Can Suppress v-Ha- 
Ras-Induced Malignant Phenotype " The Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 269, no. 48, 

ria^omKai. 1 lOOyT narroc 1 MS 1 lift 

uecemuer z, lyy'f, pages juiuj-iuo. 




DM 


G. L. Bolton, et al., Chapter 17. Ras Oncogene Directed Approaches in Cancer 
LJiemotnerapy, Annual ixepoirs in ivieuicindi \^nemiairy, vui. ^.v, i77t, pages iuj 




DN 


J. L. Bos, "ras Oncogenes in Human Cancer: A Review," Cancer Research, vol. 49, 
oeptemoer i, ivoy, pages h-ooz-ov. 




uu 


A/firhaplic Tnctns Tiehio«Ann Phem fTT APRFI ^97 1913 143 




DP 


B. P. Monia, et al., "Antitumor activity of a phosphorothioate antisense 
oiigodeopxynucleotide targeted against C-raT kinase," Nature Medicine, vol. 2, No. 6, June 
1996, pages 668-75. 




DQ 


Lee, et al., Bicyclic Imidazoles as a Novel Class of Cytokine Biosynthesis Inhiibitors," N.Y. 
Academy of Science, 1993, pages 149-70. 




DR 


F. Lepage, et al., "New N-aryl isoxazolecarboxamides and N-isoxazolybenzamides as 
anticonvulsant agents," Eur. J. Med. Chem, vol. 27, 1992, pages 581-93. 




DS 


Ridley, et al., "Actions of JL-1 are Selectively Controlled by p38 Mitogen- Activated Protein 
Kinase," The American Association of Immunologists, 1997, page 3165-73. 




DT 


Chemical Abstract, Vol. 116, No. 21, 25 May 1992, pages 741-742. 



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Sheet 4 of 5 



U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 



Examiner 
Initial 


Tlfipiimpnt 

1/UtUlUvlll 

Number 


Date 


Name 


Class 


Subclass 


Filing Date 




DU 


5,059,614 


10/22/91 


Lepage et al. 










DV 


3,743,498 


7/3/73 


Brantley 










DW 


3,547,940 


12/15/70 


Brantley 










DX 


5,432,468 


7/11/95 


Moriyama et al. 










DY 


1,742,156 


2/31 


Fitzky 










DZ 


2,046,375 


7/36 


Goldstein et al. 










EA 


2,093,265 


9/36 


Coffby et al. 










EB 


2,288,422 


6/42 


Rohm 










EC 


2,683,082 


7/54 


Hill et al. 










ED 


2,745,874 


5/56 


Schetty et al. 










EF 


2,781,330 


2/57 


Downey 










EG 


2,867,659 


1/59 


Model et al. 










EH 


2,877,268 


3/59 


Applegate et al. 










EI 


2,960,488 


11/60 


Tamblyn et al. 










EJ 


3,689,550 


9/72 


Schellenbaum et al. 










EK 


3,860,645 


1/95 


Nikawitz 










EL 


5,423,905 


6/95 


Fringeli 










EM 


2,973,386 


2/61 


Weldon 










EN 


3,230,141 


1/66 


Frick et al. 










EO 


4,863,924 


9/89 


Haga et al. 










EP 


4,511,571 


4/85 


Bbger et al. 










EQ 


4,173,638 


11/79 


Nishiyama et al. 










ER 


4,173,637 


11/79 


Nishiyama et al. 










ES 


4,820,871 


4/89 


Kissener et al. 










ET 


4,983,605 


1/91 


Kondoet al. 










EU 


5,098,907 


3/92 


Kondoet al. 










EV 


5,036,072 


7/91 


Nakajama et al. 










EW 


5,470,882 


11/95 


Dixon et al. 










EX 


5,429,918 


7/95 


Seto et al. 










EY 


3,151,023 


9/64 


Martin 










EZ 


3,200,035 


8/65 


Martin et al. 










FA 


5,807,891 


9/15/98 


Bold et al. 










FB 


4,009,847 


3/1/77 


Aldrich et al. 








FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 


Examiner 
Initial 


Document 
Number 


Date 


Country 


Class 


Subclass 


Translation 


Yes 


No 




FC 


95/33458 


12/14/95 


wo 










FD 


0 771 333 


3/57 


Great Britain 










FE 


0 921 682 


3/63 


Great Britain 










FF 


0 253 997 


2/88 


East Germany 










FG 


0 405 233 


1/91 


Europe 










4 



Sheet 5 of 5 





FH 


1 457 172 


9/66 


France 










FI 


0 487 014 


12/29 


Germany 










FJ 


0 511 468 


10/30 


Germany 










FK 


0 523 437 


5/31 


Germany 










FL 


44 2569 


2/69 


Japan 










FM 


55 98152 


7/80 


Japan 










FN 


94 22807 


10/94 


WIPO 










FO 


3 532 47 


3/91 


Japan 










FP 


0 828 231 


10/56 


Great Britain 










FQ 


50-149668 


11/75 


Japan 










FR 


55-162772 


12/80 


Japan 










FS 


60-76072 


6/75 


Japan 










FT 


51-80862 


7/76 


Japan 










FU 


50-77375 


6/75 


Japan 










FV 


55-124763 


9/80 


Japan 










FW 


0 502 504 Al 


9/92 


Europe 









OTHER REFERENCES (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, etc.) 



FX 



Tarzia, G. et al. "Whythesis and anti-inflammatory properties of some pyrrolo(lH3H)[3,41pyrirnidin-2-ones and 
Trolo(lH,3H)r3,4-dlpyurimidin-2-ones and pyrroIo(TH,3H)-pyrimidin-2-ones. Chemical Abstracts. 27 August 
79, No. 74558p; page 594. 



FY 



Abstract WO 9922103 , Hedge 28 May 1998 



FZ 



Examiner 



Date Considered 



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SERIAL NO. 

TO BE ASSIGNED 


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Bernd RIEDL et al. 


FILING DATE 

November 27, 2001 


GROUP 

TO BE ASSIGNED 


U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 


EXAMINER 
INITIAL 




DOCUMENT 
NUMBER 


DATE 


NAME 


C 
L 
A 
S 
S 


SUB CLAab 


FILING DATE 
IF APPROPRIATE 




AA 












— — 




AB 












si 




AC 
















AD 












• r - ■ \ 
=>2> 




AE 












■ vo^b^; 

■5t"OV - - > 




AF 
















AG 
















AH 
















Al 
















AJ 
















AK 
















AL 
















AM 














FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 






DOCUMENT 
NUMBER 


DATE 


COUNTRY 


TRANSLATION 
YES NO 




AN 


9,852,559 


.11/1998 


WO 








AO 


9,852,558 


11/1998 


WO 








AP 


9,932,436 


7/1999 


WO 








AQ 


9,932,106 


7/1999 


WO 








AR 


9,932,455 


7/1999 


WO 








AS 


9,932,463 


7/1999 


WO 








AT 


9,932,111 


7/1999 


WO 








AU 


9,932,110 


4/1999 


WO 








AV 


9,933,458 


11/1998 


WO 






OTHER REFERENCES (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, etc.) 




AW 


Appln No. 08/863,021, May 23, 1997, RAF Kinase Inhibitors 




AX 


Appln No. 08/863,022, May 23, 1997, RAF Kinase Inhibitors 




AY 


Unassigned, December 22, 1 998, Inhibition of RAF Kinase Using Symmetrical Substituted Diphenyl Ureas 




AZ 


Appln No. 09/479,125, December 22, 1998, Inhibition of RAF Kinase Using Substituted Heterocyclic Ureas (Abandoned in 
favor of Bayer 8C1 Serial No. 09/640,780 filed August 18, 2000) 


Examiner 


Date Considered 


"Examiner: Initial if reference is considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609; Draw line through citation if not in 
conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant. 



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(Modified) PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 

LIST OF REFERENCES CITED BY APPLICANT 


ATTY DOCKET NO. 

BAYER 18A 


SERIAL NO. 

TO BE ASSIGNED 


APPLICANT 

Bernd RIEDL et al. 


FILING DATE 

November 27, 2001 


GROUP 

TO BE ASSIGNED 


OTHER REFERENCES (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, etc.) 




AAA 


Appln No. 09/472,232, December 27, 1998, Inhibition of RAF Kinase Using Aryl and Heteroaryl 
Substituted Heterocyclic Ureas 




AAB 


Appln No. 09/458,015, December 10, 1999, Inhibition of P38 Kinase Activity Using Symmetrical and 
Unsymmetrical Diphenyl Ureas 




AAC 


Appln No. 09/458,014, December 10, 1999, Inhibition of P38 Kinase Activity Using Substituted 
Heterocyclic Ureas 




AAD 


Unassigned, December 22, 1998, Inhbition of RAF Kinase Using Aryl and Heteroaryl Substituted 
Heterocyclic Ureas 




AAE 


Appln No. 09/425,229, October 22, 1999, co-Carboxy Arly Substituted Diphenyl Ureas P38 Kinase 
Inhibitors 




AAF 


Kubo, Hiroshi et al. "Herbicidal activity of 1 ,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives" J. Agr. Food Chem. (1970) , 
18(1), 60-5 




AAG 


Caplus 95:61995, Abstract JP 55162772, Substituted acetic derivatives., Shionogi & Co., May 23, 1980 




AAH 


Caplus 86:72448, Abstract JP 57053785, Pyridine derivatives, Maeda Ryozo et al., November 15, 1982 




AAI 


Caplus 84:180049, Abstract JP 56029871, Hamada Yoshinori et al., July 10, 1981 




AAJ 


Caplus 84:43857, Abstract JP 58021626, Maeda Ryozo et al., May 2, 1983 




AAK 






AAL 






AAM 






AAN 






AAO 






AAP 




Examiner Date 

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'Examiner: Initial if reference is considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609; Draw line through 
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LIST OF REFERENCES CITED BY APPLICANT 


ATTY DOCKET NO. I 
BAYER 18A j 


SERIAL NO. 

TO BE ASSIGNED 


APPLICANT 

Bernd RIEDL 


FILING DATE 

November 27, 2001 


GROUP 

TO BE ASSIGNED 


U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 


EXAMINER 
INITIAL 




DOCUMENT 
NUMBER 


DATE 


NAME 


CLASS 


OU D 

CLASS 


Fll ING DATE 

1 11-11 iVul L-//A 1 l_ 

IF APPROPRIATE 




AA 


5,429,918 


4 July. 1995 


Seto ET AL. 










AB 


5,814,646 


9/29/1998 


HEINZ 










AC 




R/1 fi/1 Q77 


HARrcn 










AD 


3,990,879 


1 1 /9/1 976 


Soper 






M £J == 

^g? B 




AE 


5,185,358 


2/09/1993 


Creswell 











AF 












OQ ^gr 




AG 












•1-1 B-ss 




AH 
















Al 
















AJ 
















AK 
















AL 
















AM 
















AN 














FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 






DOCUMENT 
NUMBER 


DATE 


COUNTRY 


TRANSLATION 
YES NO 




AO 


16371 


3/5/80 


EP 








AP 


676395 


7/17/1996 


EP 








AQ 


2436179 


2/6/1975 


DE 








AR 


242666 


10/28/1987 


EP 








AS 


99/32111 


7/01/1999 


WO 








AT 


99/32455 


7/01/1999 


WO 








AU 


99/24398 


5/20/1999 


WO 








AV 


98/52559 


11/26/1998 


WO 






OTHER REFERENCES (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, etc.) 




AW 


Kubo, Hiroshi et al: "herbicidal activity..." J. Agr. Food Chem, (1970), 18(1), 60-5 




AX 


Russo, F. et al. "Synthesis of 2,6-substituted derivatives of 5H-1 ,3,4-thiadiazolo'3,2-a!-s triazine-5,7-dione" FARMACO, 
ED.SCI. (1978), 33(12), 972-83 




AY 


Foussard-Blanpin, Odette: "Comparative pharmacodynamic study of variously substituted carboxamides of the central 
nervous ststem" Ann. Pharm. Fr. (1982), 40 (4), 339-50 




AZ 


Grant, A.M et al.: "Hypotensive thiadiazoles" J.Med. Chem. (1972), 15(10), 1082-4 


Examiner 


Date Considered 


'Examiner: Initial if reference is considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609; Draw line through citation if not in 
conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant. 



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FormPTO 1449 
(Modified) 




U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 


ATTY DOCKET NO. j 
BAYER 18A J 


SERIAL NO. 

TO BE ASSIGNED 


LIST OF REFERENCES CITED BY APPLICANT 


APPLICANT 


Reidl et al. 












FILING DATE 

November 27, 2001 


GROUP 

TO BE ASSIGNED 


U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 


EXAMINER 
INITIAL 




DOCUMENT 
NUMBER 


DATE 


NAME 


CLASS 


SUB CLASS 


Fll nATF 
I IL.IINU Un 1 c 

IF APPROPRIATE 




AA 


5,698,581 


12/16/97 


KLEEMANN ET AL. 










AB 


4,760,063 


07/26/88 


HALLENBACH ET AL 










AC 




I C/£0/OU 


UICKORE ET AL. 










AD 


5,908,865 


6/1/1999 


DOI ET AL. 










AE 


6,080,763 


6/27/2000 


REGAN ET AL. 










AF 
















AG 
















AH 
















Al 
















AJ 
















AK 
















AL 
















AM 
















AM 


















FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 






DOCUMENT 
NUMBER 


DATE 


COUNTRY 


TRANSLATION 
YES NO 




AO 


DE 35 29 247 A1 


8/20/85 


Germany 








AP 


DE 35 40 377 A1 


11/14/85 


Germany 








AQ 


00/17175 


09/16/99 


WO 








AR 


99/23091 


5/14/1999 


WO 








AS 


98/22103 


5/28/1998 


WO 








AT 


00/43384 


7/27/2000 


wo 








AU 


00/55152 


9/21/2000 


wo 








AV 


00/55139 


9/21/2000 


wo 










OTHER REFERENCES (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, etc.) 




AW 


Abstract of EP 676,395 (U.S. equivalent 5,698,581) 




AX 


Abstract of EP 4931 (U.S. equivalent 4,240,820) 




AY 


Abstract of DE 3305866 (EP equivalent 1 1 6,932) 




AZ 


Abstract of EP 202,538 


Examiner 






Date Considered 


"Examiner: Initial if reference is considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609; Draw line through citation if not in 
conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant. 



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